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Adversarial Mindset
Adversarial Mindset: A Role, Not a Personality
The two previous posts in this series made a case for the adversarial mindset and then got honest about what it costs. This one is about something different: …
Adversarial Mindset: The Cost of Actually Having One
The phrase “think like an attacker” has been abused to death. It shows up in vendor decks, LinkedIn posts, threat modeling workshops, detection strategy docs, …
Cultivating a Hacker Mindset in Cybersecurity Defense
A piece for Dark Reading on why defenders need the adversarial mindset, and what it costs to build one.
On Red Teams - Part 2
Introduction This article is a continuation (and correction/accuracy) of a previous article I wrote in 2017, titled “Red Team and its Role in Penetration …
Adversarial Mindset: The Foundation
The adversarial mindset is a way of thinking that involves anticipating potential threats, challenges, and obstacles from the perspective of an opponent. It’s …
How can we let the business feel like an adversary?
Background Recently, we had a “Cyber Roadshow” at the organization I work for. Our Cyber RoadShow is an internal event where various security teams get the …
Defense strategy: paradigm change
In my previous post (“So…you want to be a threat actor?”), I’ve mentioned a discussion about a defense strategy I believe in, and in this post I will explain …